Next up in our fallback album series – new writer Schroeder: The Beatles - Let It Be This is my original fallback album. Let It Be is considered the black sheep of late-Beatles; slapped together by Phil Spector after the band split, it doesn't have the ambition of Sgt. Pepper or The White Album. The band coasted through this one, but boy is it great to hear the best band ever … [Read more...] about Fallback Albums: Schroeder
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Fallback Albums: Courtney
After seeking out Velocity Girl's Simpatico! album for the umpteenth time at work, I wondered why I often go back to it, forsaking so many other tracks on my iTunes. And I started to think about my other fallback albums -- those albums that I go back to from time to time, knowing what I can expect and sometimes use them for a particular purpose. While I pondered those, I … [Read more...] about Fallback Albums: Courtney
I Was a Background Extra
Last year I moved to Los Angeles from a small town in northern California in an effort to become a "real musician." I spend most of my time here writing songs and playing gigs. I also spend a lot of time trying to think of something interesting to write songs about and desperately trying to convince coffee shop owners I should play gigs at their establishments. As you might … [Read more...] about I Was a Background Extra
Gurl Interrupted: The Inside’s Special Agent Rebecca Locke
FOX's new crime drama, The Inside was created by Tim Minear, the man the Weekly Standard calls "one of the five best minds in television," and Howard Gordon (24) who is likely one of the unnamed other four. The show has been described by its creators and dozens of reviewers as television's answer to Silence of the Lambs. Clarice Starling lost a lamb. The Inside's Rebecca Locke … [Read more...] about Gurl Interrupted: The Inside’s Special Agent Rebecca Locke
Liberation in a G-String
Yesterday I was watching this old special hosted by Gene Kelly that I had TiVo'd, called That's Dancing. In it, he narrates a series of clips about dancing on film, intercut with some interesting interviews from aging dames. Then he started talking about things like Fame and Michael Jackson and, dude, Flashdance. Now, I honestly think I'd forgotten that Gene Kelly was ever … [Read more...] about Liberation in a G-String